New Zealand

4 competitions hosted since 1999
359 competitors · 138 active this year
8 judges · 2 active

Judges from New Zealand

A judge's country is the one WDSF lists for them or the one their own competition entries show, whichever is more recent; a claimed profile comes first.

Busiest this year

Most competitions judged in the past 12 months in New Zealand.

1New Zealand Ashan Samarasinghe1comp

1 judge in New Zealand judged a final in the past year.

Most experienced

Most competitions judged in our records in New Zealand.

1Ashan Samarasinghe17comps
2Ben Nicholson1comp

2 of 2 active judges in New Zealand

Distance from the panel: shorter = closer to the final resultMedian active judge: 21.1%Each judge's placements in skated finals are compared with the panel's result. The distance is the average gap as a share of the places available (field − 1), so one place in a 3-couple final counts as half the field and in a 12-couple final as an eleventh; lower means closer to the panel.It describes how a judge marks; judges are not ranked. Judges with fewer than 100+ marks across 3+ competitions have too little evidence to compare, so their figure reads muted and sorts after the rest.The list opens on judges who worked a skated final in the last 3 years, most active in the past year first. Everyone adds the rest.Countries come from the nation WDSF lists for a judge or the country of their own competition entries, whichever is more recent; a claimed profile's country comes first. Recall rounds are not part of the distance; each judge's page adds panel lean, which combines recalls and finals.

	How far, on average, this judge's placements land from the panel's final result, as a share of the places available (field − 1): one place off in a 3-couple final is half the field, in a 12-couple final an eleventh. Shorter is closer to the panel. The tick marks the median active judge; the small figure below is the same distance in raw places, which bigger finals inflate. Judges with fewer than 100+ marks across 3+ competitions read muted and sort after the rest.	Competitions judged in the past 12 months.
New Zealand Ashan Samarasinghe New ZealandAll stylessince 20181 this year · 17 comps	21.1%1.14 places	1	17	5916,379 marks	Apr 25, 2026
New Zealand Ben Nicholson New ZealandStandardLatinsince 20241 comp	16.3%0.78 places	—	1	109669 marks	Jul 1, 2024

How far, on average, this judge's placements land from the panel's final result, as a share of the places available (field − 1): one place off in a 3-couple final is half the field, in a 12-couple final an eleventh. Shorter is closer to the panel. The tick marks the median active judge; the small figure below is the same distance in raw places, which bigger finals inflate. Judges with fewer than 100+ marks across 3+ competitions read muted and sort after the rest.

Competitions judged in the past 12 months.

Ashan Samarasinghe

New ZealandAll stylessince 20181 this year · 17 comps

21.1%1.14 places

5916,379 marks

Apr 25, 2026

Ben Nicholson

New ZealandStandardLatinsince 20241 comp

16.3%0.78 places

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109669 marks

Jul 1, 2024